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賣香蕉嘅湯姆
Tom the banana seller
Tom le vendeur de bananes
Humphreys Odunga
Zablon Alex Nguku
dohliam
Zoe Lam
湯姆頂住一籃熟透嘅香蕉。
Tom carries a tray of ripe bananas.
Tom transporte un plateau de bananes mûres.
湯姆去街市度賣香蕉。
Tom goes to the market to sell bananas.
Tom va au marché pour vendre des bananes.
好多人去街市度買生果。
People at the market are buying fruit.
Les gens au marché achètent des fruits.
但係冇人去湯姆個檔口嗰便，因為佢哋更加鍾意幫襯女仔買生果。
But no one is buying
Tom’s bananas.
They prefer to buy fruit from women.
Mais personne n’achète les bananes de Tom. Ils préfèrent acheter leurs fruits des femmes.
大家就話：「喺我哋呢度，得女仔先會賣生果嘅」。佢哋仲問：「邊度有男仔會去賣生果㗎？」
“In our community, only women sell fruit,” people say. “What kind of a man is this?” people ask.
« Dans notre communauté, seulement les femmes vendent des fruits, » disent les gens. « Quelle sorte d’homme est celui-ci ? » demandent les gens.
但係湯姆都冇放棄。佢喺街市度叫賣：「快啲買我啲香蕉！又靚又甜嘅香蕉！」
But Tom does not give up.
He calls, “Buy my bananas!
Buy my sweet ripe bananas!”
Mais Tom ne démissionne pas. Il crie, « Achetez mes bananes ! Achetez mes bananes mûres et sucrées ! »
有個女仔由個籃入面捉起一揪香蕉，好小心噉睇吓睇。
One woman picks up a bunch of bananas from the tray.
She looks at the bananas carefully.
Une femme choisit un régime de bananes du plateau. Elle inspecte les bananes soigneusement.
然之後佢買咗嗰揪香蕉。
The woman buys the bananas.
La femme achète les bananes.
越嚟越多人嚟到湯姆嘅檔位前。佢哋買咗湯姆嘅香蕉，仲食到津津有味添。
More people come to the stall.
They buy Tom’s bananas and eat them.
D’autres personnes viennent au stand. Elles achètent les bananes de Tom et les mangent.
冇幾耐，湯姆個籃就空晒，佢就計吓自己賣香蕉賺到嘅錢。
Soon, the tray is empty.
Tom counts the money he earned.
Bientôt, le plateau est vide. Tom compte l’argent qu’il a gagné.
湯姆用呢啲錢買咗番梘、砂糖同埋麵包。佢擺呢啲嘢入佢個籃度。
Then Tom buys soap, sugar, and bread.
He puts the things in his tray.
Ensuite, Tom achète du savon, du sucre et du pain. Il met les choses sur son plateau.
湯姆好定當噉就用個頭頂住個籃返屋企。
Tom balances the tray on his head and goes home.
Tom balance le plateau sur sa tête et rentre chez lui.
Written by: Humphreys Odunga
Illustrated by: Zablon Alex Nguku
Translated by: dohliam
Read by: Zoe Lam
